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con·sti·tute

C0590000 (kŏn′stĭ-to͞ot′, -tyo͞ot′)tr.v. con·sti·tut·ed, con·sti·tut·ing, con·sti·tutes 1. a. To be the elements or parts of; compose: Copper and tin constitute bronze.b. To amount to; equal: "Rabies is transmitted through a bite; ... patting a rabid animal in itself does not constitute exposure" (Malcolm W. Browne).2. a. To set up or establish according to law or provision: a body that is duly constituted under the charter.b. To found (an institution, for example).c. To enact (a law or regulation).3. To appoint to an office, dignity, function, or task; designate.
[Middle English constituten, from Latin cōnstituere, cōnstitūt-, to set up : com-, com- + statuere, to set up; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
con′sti·tut′er, con′sti·tu′tor n.